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You can also get some help by executing the
help
command, as illustrated in Figure
8-4
.
> play help
Figure 8-4.
Help in Play 2
Now you can create your first Java web application with Play. Let's Play!
Hello World Java Application with Play
To create a new application, you just have to use the
play
command-line tool with the parameter
new
followed by the name of the new application, in this case
helloworld
, as illustrated in Figure
8-5
.
Figure 8-5.
Creating the helloworld application
Play 2 will ask you to specify whether your application is a Scala or Java application, as illustrated
in Figure
8-6
.
Figure 8-6.
Specifying whether the application is a Scala or Java application